The 42nd parallel north defining borders between states in the United States
Crossing the parallel in Girard, Pennsylvania
The parallel 42° north forms most of the New York–Pennsylvania border, although due to imperfect surveying in 1785–1786, this boundary wanders around on both sides of the true parallel. The area around the parallel in this region is known as the Twin Tiers.
42nd parallel landmark at Point Pelee National Park
The parallel 42° north passes through the southern end of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Part of the water boundary between Canada and the United States passes south of the 42nd parallel. The southern tip of the Canadian province of Ontario just barely goes south of it at Point Pelee and Pelee Island, while the southernmost portion of the Town of Essex at Colchester is located below the 42nd parallel.
^. U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
^Nugent, Walter (2008). Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion. Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 161, 166–167. ISBN978-1-4000-4292-0.
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This article is about the circle of latitude For the novel The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos see U S A trilogy This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 42nd parallel north news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 42nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 42 degrees north of the Earth s equatorial plane It crosses Europe the Mediterranean Sea Asia the Pacific Ocean North America and the Atlantic Ocean 42 class notpageimage 42nd parallel north Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KMLAt this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours 15 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours 6 minutes during the winter solstice 1 The earth s rotational speed at this latitude is roughly equal to the speed of sound One minute of longitude along the 42nd parallel is approximately 0 7456 nautical miles 0 8580 mi 1 381 km Contents 1 Around the world 2 United States 3 Canada 4 See also 5 ReferencesAround the world EditStarting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards the parallel 42 north passes through Co ordinates Country territory or sea Notes42 0 N 0 0 E 42 000 N 0 000 E 42 000 0 000 Prime Meridian Spain Passing near Laluenga and Laperdiguera Huesca province 42 0 N 3 11 E 42 000 N 3 183 E 42 000 3 183 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea42 0 N 8 39 E 42 000 N 8 650 E 42 000 8 650 France France Island of Corsica42 0 N 9 27 E 42 000 N 9 450 E 42 000 9 450 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea42 0 N 11 58 E 42 000 N 11 967 E 42 000 11 967 Italy Italy Passing just north of Rome and through Termoli42 0 N 15 0 E 42 000 N 15 000 E 42 000 15 000 Adriatic Sea Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea42 0 N 19 9 E 42 000 N 19 150 E 42 000 19 150 Montenegro Montenegro42 0 N 19 23 E 42 000 N 19 383 E 42 000 19 383 Albania Albania42 0 N 20 37 E 42 000 N 20 617 E 42 000 20 617 Serbia Kosovo Kosovo or Serbia Kosovo is a partially recognised state Some nations consider its territory to be part of Serbia 42 0 N 20 46 E 42 000 N 20 767 E 42 000 20 767 North Macedonia North Macedonia Passing through Skopje42 0 N 22 52 E 42 000 N 22 867 E 42 000 22 867 Bulgaria Bulgaria42 0 N 26 56 E 42 000 N 26 933 E 42 000 26 933 Turkey Turkey42 0 N 27 25 E 42 000 N 27 417 E 42 000 27 417 Bulgaria Bulgaria42 0 N 27 51 E 42 000 N 27 850 E 42 000 27 850 Turkey Turkey For about 300 m42 0 N 27 51 42 E 42 000 N 27 85700 E 42 000 27 85700 Bulgaria Bulgaria For about 100 m42 0 N 27 51 52 E 42 000 N 27 85867 E 42 000 27 85867 Turkey Turkey For about 500 m42 0 N 27 52 08 E 42 000 N 27 86800 E 42 000 27 86800 Bulgaria Bulgaria42 0 N 28 2 E 42 000 N 28 033 E 42 000 28 033 Black Sea Black Sea42 0 N 33 17 E 42 000 N 33 283 E 42 000 33 283 Turkey Turkey42 0 N 33 34 E 42 000 N 33 567 E 42 000 33 567 Black Sea Black Sea42 0 N 34 52 E 42 000 N 34 867 E 42 000 34 867 Turkey Turkey42 0 N 35 7 E 42 000 N 35 117 E 42 000 35 117 Black Sea Black Sea42 0 N 41 45 E 42 000 N 41 750 E 42 000 41 750 Georgia Georgia42 0 N 46 5 E 42 000 N 46 083 E 42 000 46 083 Russia Russia Dagestan For about 2 km42 0 N 46 7 E 42 000 N 46 117 E 42 000 46 117 Georgia Georgia For about 3 km42 0 N 46 9 E 42 000 N 46 150 E 42 000 46 150 Russia Russia Dagestan just south of Derbent42 0 N 48 20 E 42 000 N 48 333 E 42 000 48 333 Caspian Sea Caspian Sea42 0 N 52 27 E 42 000 N 52 450 E 42 000 52 450 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan42 0 N 52 48 E 42 000 N 52 800 E 42 000 52 800 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan42 0 N 54 51 E 42 000 N 54 850 E 42 000 54 850 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan42 0 N 56 0 E 42 000 N 56 000 E 42 000 56 000 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan42 0 N 57 10 E 42 000 N 57 167 E 42 000 57 167 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan42 0 N 60 0 E 42 000 N 60 000 E 42 000 60 000 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan42 0 N 66 0 E 42 000 N 66 000 E 42 000 66 000 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan42 0 N 70 20 E 42 000 N 70 333 E 42 000 70 333 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan42 0 N 70 50 E 42 000 N 70 833 E 42 000 70 833 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan42 0 N 79 50 E 42 000 N 79 833 E 42 000 79 833 China People s Republic of China Xinjiang Gansu Inner Mongolia42 0 N 103 3 E 42 000 N 103 050 E 42 000 103 050 Mongolia Mongolia42 0 N 105 56 E 42 000 N 105 933 E 42 000 105 933 China People s Republic of China Inner Mongolia Hebei Inner Mongolia Hebei Inner Mongolia Hebei Inner Mongolia Liaoning Inner Mongolia Liaoning Jilin42 0 N 128 3 E 42 000 N 128 050 E 42 000 128 050 North Korea North Korea Passing through Heaven Lake on Baekdu Mountain42 0 N 128 29 E 42 000 N 128 483 E 42 000 128 483 China People s Republic of China Jilin for about 8 km 42 0 N 128 34 E 42 000 N 128 567 E 42 000 128 567 North Korea North Korea North Hamgyeong Province Kaema Plateau Passing just north of Cheongjin Passing just south of Raseon42 0 N 130 2 E 42 000 N 130 033 E 42 000 130 033 Sea of Japan Sea of Japan Passing just south of Okushiri Island Japan42 0 N 140 7 E 42 000 N 140 117 E 42 000 140 117 Japan Japan Island of Hokkaidō42 0 N 140 53 E 42 000 N 140 883 E 42 000 140 883 Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean42 0 N 143 9 E 42 000 N 143 150 E 42 000 143 150 Japan Japan Island of Hokkaidō42 0 N 143 15 E 42 000 N 143 250 E 42 000 143 250 Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean42 0 N 124 13 W 42 000 N 124 217 W 42 000 124 217 United States United States Oregon California border Oregon Nevada border Idaho Nevada border Idaho Utah border Wyoming Nebraska Iowa passing through Cedar Rapids Illinois passing through the campus of Loyola University in Chicago42 0 N 87 39 W 42 000 N 87 650 W 42 000 87 650 Lake Michigan Lake Michigan42 0 N 86 33 W 42 000 N 86 550 W 42 000 86 550 United States United States Michigan passing through Tecumseh42 0 N 83 11 W 42 000 N 83 183 W 42 000 83 183 Lake Erie Lake Erie42 0 N 82 58 W 42 000 N 82 967 W 42 000 82 967 Canada Canada Ontario passing through Point Pelee National Park42 0 N 82 29 W 42 000 N 82 483 W 42 000 82 483 Lake Erie Lake Erie42 0 N 80 26 W 42 000 N 80 433 W 42 000 80 433 United States United States Pennsylvania Erie County New York Pennsylvania border New York Connecticut running just south of the border with Massachusetts Rhode Island running just south of the border with Massachusetts Massachusetts42 0 N 70 42 W 42 000 N 70 700 W 42 000 70 700 Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod Bay42 0 N 70 5 W 42 000 N 70 083 W 42 000 70 083 United States United States Massachusetts Truro Cape Cod 42 0 N 70 2 W 42 000 N 70 033 W 42 000 70 033 Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean42 0 N 8 53 W 42 000 N 8 883 W 42 000 8 883 Spain Spain Oia province of Pontevedra Galicia 42 0 N 8 39 W 42 000 N 8 650 W 42 000 8 650 Portugal Portugal Valenca Viana do Castelo District 42 0 N 8 7 W 42 000 N 8 117 W 42 000 8 117 Spain Spain Entrimo province of Ourense Galicia 42 0 N 3 48 W 42 000 N 3 800 W 42 000 3 800 Spain Spain Lerma Province of Burgos Castile and Leon United States Edit The 42nd parallel north defining borders between states in the United States Crossing the parallel in Girard Pennsylvania The parallel 42 north forms most of the New York Pennsylvania border although due to imperfect surveying in 1785 1786 this boundary wanders around on both sides of the true parallel The area around the parallel in this region is known as the Twin Tiers The 42nd parallel became agreed upon as the northward limit of the Spanish Empire by the Adams Onis Treaty of 1819 with the United States which established the parallel as the border between the Viceroyality of New Spain of the Kingdom of Spain and the western territory of the United States of America from the meridian of the headwaters of the Arkansas River west to the Pacific Ocean 2 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 then ceded much of what was then northern Mexico to the United States as a result the northernmost U S states which were created from Mexican territory California Nevada and Utah have the parallel 42 north as their northern border and the adjoining U S states of Oregon and Idaho have the parallel as their southern border The parallel passes through the states of Wyoming Nebraska Iowa Illinois Michigan Pennsylvania New York Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts and passes through or near within three tenths degree of latitude the following cities in the United States Crescent City California Yreka California Hartford Connecticut Ames Iowa Chicago Illinois Kalamazoo Michigan Coldwater Michigan Erie Pennsylvania Jamestown New York Busti New York Binghamton New York Plymouth Massachusetts Springfield Massachusetts Worcester Massachusetts Foxborough Massachusetts Ashland Oregon Medford Oregon Providence Rhode Island Brookings OregonCanada Edit 42nd parallel landmark at Point Pelee National Park The parallel 42 north passes through the southern end of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie Part of the water boundary between Canada and the United States passes south of the 42nd parallel The southern tip of the Canadian province of Ontario just barely goes south of it at Point Pelee and Pelee Island while the southernmost portion of the Town of Essex at Colchester is located below the 42nd parallel See also Edit41st parallel north 43rd parallel north The Twin Tiers region of New York and Pennsylvania The Jefferson region of Oregon and CaliforniaReferences Edit Duration of Daylight Darkness Table for One Year U S Naval Observatory 2019 09 24 Archived from the original on 2019 10 12 Retrieved 2021 03 10 Nugent Walter 2008 Habits of Empire A History of American Expansion Alfred A Knopf pp 161 166 167 ISBN 978 1 4000 4292 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 42nd parallel north amp oldid 1085862750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
